ExxonMobil has sued the state of California, alleging that two climate change laws infringe on the company’s right to free speech, according to multiple outlets. The company filed the complaint in the U.S. Eastern District Court for California on Friday, claiming the new laws force it to agree with the state’s viewpoint on climate change, specifically that oil and gas corporations take particular blame, according to Bloomberg.One of the bills requires large companies doing business with the state to disclos ...

贸易政策变动 - 美国宣布对加拿大进口商品额外加征10%的关税 [1][7] - 此次加征关税是在现有税率基础上的额外增加 [7] - 加征关税的决定导致美国终止了与加拿大的贸易谈判 [2][7] 事件起因 - 加征关税的直接原因是加拿大播放了一则涉及前总统罗纳德·里根的反关税广告 [1][4] - 该广告被指未经授权选择性剪辑里根的讲话 歪曲了其原意 [1][10] - 尽管被要求立即撤下 该广告仍在世界系列赛期间播出 [4] - 里根基金会正在探索针对此事件的法律选项 [7] 美方立场阐述 - 美方认为加拿大多年来一直利用关税损害美国利益 [1] - 美方自称在贸易失衡中长期处于不利地位 是“被关税坑害的王者” [5][10][11] - 美方将关税视为纠正贸易不平衡的工具 [10]

MILPITAS, Calif. – Amazon’s Delivering the Future Summit kicked off this week to showcase the future of the e-commerce giant's delivery wing. But amid its push to become more efficient, concerns have emerged that it may come at a steep cost – jobs. The New York Times recently reported, citing interviews and internal strategy documents, that Amazon's automation push could allow the company to avoid hiring 160,000 fewer people by 2027 and more than 600,000 fewer people by 2033.But Amazon’s chief technologist ...

Inflation stayed elevated in September and remained well above the Federal Reserve's target rate as policymakers prepare to meet next week to decide on their forthcoming interest rate move. The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday said that the consumer price index (CPI) – a broad measure of how much everyday goods like gasoline, groceries and rent cost – rose 0.3% in September compared with the prior month, while it increased to 3% on a year-over-year basis from 2.9% in August.The monthly figure was in lin ...

The recent arrests of NBA figures Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier in connection with federal gambling probes have garnered national attention, but financial misconduct is hardly new to the business world. For years, scandals surrounding insider trading, which involves illegally buying or selling stock based on non-public information, have ensnared powerful figures from corporate executives to media personality Martha Stewart.Here’s a look at some of the most infamous controversies linked to insider tradin ...

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that trade negotiations with Canada have been terminated over an advertisement featuring former President Ronald Reagan speaking out against tariffs. "The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs," Trump wrote on Truth Social."The ad was for $75,000. They only did this to interfere with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, and other cour ...

Alaska Airlines has grounded all its flights across U.S. airports on Thursday evening because of an unspecified technology-related issue, the company said. The ground stop also applied to Alaska Airlines' subsidiary Horizon Air, a Federal Aviation Administration advisory showed, Reuters reported.In a post shared on X, the airline confirmed it was experiencing an "IT outage affecting operations." "A temporary ground stop is in place. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you're scheduled to fly tonight, ple ...

薪酬方案与投票权 - 公司首席执行官埃隆·马斯克向投资者呼吁批准其价值1万亿美元的薪酬方案 旨在获得足够的投票控制权以保持对公司关键决策的影响力 但又不至于因持股过多而无法被罢免 [1][2] - 薪酬方案以限制性股票授予的形式提出 若公司达成市值8.5万亿美元等运营里程碑 首席执行官将获得最高占公司12%的股票 价值约1万亿美元 [9][10] - 公司董事会认为 保留并激励首席执行官对于公司实现成为史上最有价值公司的目标至关重要 [11] 公司治理结构 - 首席执行官指出 作为上市公司 规则禁止在首次公开募股后创建超级投票权股份或改变所有权结构 因此无法增加其投票控制权 [3] - 首席执行官提及谷歌和Meta等公司在上市前已拥有超级投票权结构 并对此表示认可 但特斯拉不具备此条件 [5] - 首席执行官目前拥有特斯拉约13%的流通股 [10] 代理咨询机构的影响 - 首席执行官对代理咨询机构机构股东服务公司和Glass Lewis提出批评 认为其过去曾提出许多极具破坏性的糟糕建议 [5][7] - 首席执行官指出 许多指数基金和被动基金会遵循这些代理咨询机构的投票建议 这构成了核心问题 [7]

美国政府股权投资的立场 - 美国商务部确认未与量子计算公司进行股权谈判 驳斥了相关报道[1] - 白宫同样否认正与报道中提及的公司进行讨论[11] 相关背景与市场预期 - 此前政府曾在英特尔和MP Materials公司中分别持有10%和15%的股权[5] - 有观点认为当纳税人资金推动创新时政府应从中受益[9] 量子计算行业现状 - 量子计算被视为具有深远影响的新兴技术 尤其在国防和人工智能领域[5] - 行业目前仍处于实验阶段 分析师预计可在五年内出现可行的商用机器[5] - 2024年全球行业总收入低于7.5亿美元[6] - 美国联邦投资目前主要流向研究资助和公私合作伙伴关系 而非股权投资[6]

Mortgage rates dropped this week to their lowest level in more than a year, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage decreased to 6.19% from last week's reading of 6.27%. The average rate on a 30-year loan was 6.54% a year ago. "At the start of 2025, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage surpassed 7%, while today it hovers nearly a full percentage point lower," said Sam Khater, ...